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PERMANENT SECURITY
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DELEGATIONS STARTLED AT
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Strange Cat Bounding Out Of The Russian Bag
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Geneva, May 30. "Great Surprise and no little con- Jernation greeted Litvinoff's initia-. ve here in suggesting the specta- ular resurrection of the inoribund Isarmament · conference in the
brm of a permanent stearity con- erénce. Both the English and tallan delegations were startled to protesting their complete un- preparedness for this strange cat founding out of the Russian bag. Even the French representatives were ignorant of the contents of Litvinoff's surprise package until the sitting of the main committee.
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Russian Proposal
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Geneva, May 29. " What is regarded by many ob- the last gasp of the Arms Conference opened here on Tuesday with such lengthy speeches by Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Norman Davis, and M. Litvi-
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PROTEST BY MAYOR
Report on Saar
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Saarbruecken, May 30. In a telegram addressed to Baron Alois, the Chairman of the League of Nations' Saar Commission, the Mayor of Saarbruecken, Dr. Nelkes vigorously protests against the alleged interview between him and A Swiss journalist which published by the Swiss paper, Nationalzeitung, in Basie, which makes it appear as if the Mayor had forecast the German "coup d'etat" in the Saar basin,
Nelkes states that every word and idea voiced by him in the course of his conversation with the Swiss newspaperman has been mis represented and distorted by the latter so as to give it the reverse meaning.
The Mayor expressed his abhor-; rence at this type of journalism. adding that he had been personal-
all Europe.
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London, May The "Times" in a remarkable editorial once more endorses Ger- many's demand for equality as laid down in her memo of April 16th. The paper says that this precise and not unreasonable demand for Germany constitutes a condition for Germany's return to Geneva and this fact will appear to have not been properly appreciated out- side Germany.
paper declares that the
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The Powers, In view of the chaos pre- vailing in Geneva' could not do better than draft a disarmament convention based on the German proposal Germany must be con- ceded a certain degree of armament. No great country may permanently be kept in an inferior position and for all, with the ex- ception of those refusing to see, there is only a cholec between
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Three Scandinavian countries. no that the scheduled addressly assuming responsibility for the Germany's controlled and uncon-
Baar. population's exemplary dis- as well as Holland, Spain and Bel-by M. Barthou was forced to be gium who recently formed a tight-postponed til the reconvening on cipline which had made the Saar ince "neutral bloc" are still united Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hen-basin the most orderly region in in deprecating the fact that it acrson reviewed, the vinoff's proposal pushes the dis- history of the Arms armament question summarily into the background, concentrating the entire spotlight on the problem of security. Though the English re- presentatives have not yes express- ed themselves with regard to the proposed "permanent. peace
con-
ference," is known that they assumed a very reserved attitude toward the plan of supplementary pacts for mutual "support and guarantee since they consider them -despite Litvinoff's protestations to the contrary-of bringing the danger of the formation of pure- ly military alliances
POLICY OF AMERICA
the
ineffective conference and cutlined a new and limited achievement programme - the firstly of the agreement on the security question, "secondly sharp limitation of air armament adequate against which was no defense, thirdly, to accord on in- ternational control of arms mani- facture and arms traffic.
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American Co-operation The American representative, Mr. Norman, Davis, read a message from President Roosevelt declar- ing the nation's complete readi ness to co-operate as in the past,
the point in Mr. Henderson's pro- gramme, backing "the Macdonald Jan as the basis of convention. and attesting America's readiness to reduce the naval armaments Though the United States are wil ling
to negotiate the general
In conclusion the Mayor begs the League Council to take due cognisance of the Saar population's claim to plebescite at the expira- tion of the fifteen-year term stipulated by the Peace Treaty
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AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY
Geneva, May 30. Wednesday's council will concern itself merely with the determina-" tion of the agenda. As none of the main questions up for discus- sion, namely 1. Granchaco; 9, Saar:
Hungarian frontier question; they will all be dealt with in later ses-
on
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, May 30. .London silver prices to-day were unchanged. as follow:
May 29 May 30 19-9/18 19-9/16 19-5/8 19-5/8
Spot
Forward.....
The London on New York cross rate at 2 pm, to-day was '5.07-7/18, compared with 5.08-3/8 at yester
day's closing.
BATTLE
Sequel To
Demand
It triat: "500 fully had
TRIBUTES TO JAPAN'S GREAT ADMIRAL
A AN OUTSTANDING AND HIGHLY
Dairen, May 30. reported at Hsinking Mongols success- ↓ pitched battle with Burlat troops under Soviet
Command
Chekenhan 110
kilometres south east of Urga in Outer Mongolia,
The fracas started when the
Soviet Commander decreed the sequestration of all domestic animals, by May 30 for Soviet Vivenchinsk Troops. The Mongola refused.' whereupon Major Cham- pekoff and thirty Soviet seques-
ESTEEMED PERSONALITY
Undying Memory Of Great Achievements
Tokyo, May 30. Admiral Toyo passed away at 8.35 am to-day-Reuter.
Tokyo, May 30. While last night immense throngs of men, women and children of all classes spent
trationers killed the unobeying night-long vigil around Admiral
Five hundred Mongols Manguls. rose up in arms and slew all the The Soviets thirty-one Soviets. rushed a unit of Burlat troops who were in eastern alberia and are aborigines, but the Mongols
successfully resisted the Buriats hy Council meeting, the Emperor ac- retreating.---Reuter..
DESTITUTION IN CHINA
Comments of Mr. Bland
London, May 30 Mr. J. O. P. Bland in a letter to the "Times" queries Mr. Rajehmann's strictures on China's low agricul tural productivity and quotes other authorities including the Nanking Directorate of Statistics
which show the average yield per acre in twelve out of fourteen products ex ceeds that of America.
If on the contrary, as Mr. Bland indicated, the increasing destin-
pacity of tax-gatherers, bandits
ston. Meanwhile direct discussions HERRINGS FROM is due to the locust-like ra-
the Saar continues, In the On Wednesday, the re-assembly
course of Wednesday, the represen- of the conference will give France. England and Italy an opportunity
tatives of France and Germany to state the position with regard to
will receive from Count Aloisi the the Soviet's newest proposal, M.
test of the compromise proposal announced on Tuesday wherein, all Barthou and Baron Aloisi being scheduled as the main speakers.non-aggression pact here, the re- political aspects of the Shar ques- Transocean Kuo Min.
presentatives, however. are; de- | tion will be taken into considera- finitely forbidden to undertaketion. The exact information as to any obligations which would force the contents of this proposal is the United States to place mill-hitherto unobtainable. — Trans- tary forces at the disposal of Eu- ocean Kuò Min, rope in settlement of any type of future conflict. In conclusion, Mr. Davis suggested that the con- 1erence should revise the Macdon- aid plan which was accepted, by all nations including Germany in June, 1933 as the basis for the fu-j ure of the arms convention. If Germany is desirous of concluding the convention which is undoubt- | edly the case, then he is loath to belleve that the Reich is unwilling to resume negotiations on the basis to which it had itself given assent a year ago.
Disarmament In All Branches
London, May 29. The General Commission of the Disarmament Conference' met af Geneva yesterday after
an ad- journment of over seven months.
The President, Mr. Arthur Hen- derson, in his opening speech, said that the duty of the Conference was to carry its work to a success- ful end, and he asked for the collaboration of all,
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1. To reach an agreement on and armaments in which resided а guarantee for the national security of every nation: The re- cent exchange of notes between various Governments had shown that the security problem was at. the root of the whole situation.
2. The danger of an increase in air forces, as there was no way defence against air attacks..
Litvinoff's Surprise
Russian's foreign commissary. Litvinoff, opened his surprise pack! age as usual by formally propos ing the transformation of the pat- alysed Arms conference into a peace conference to serve as a permanent oigan for the" super- vision of security. Irreconcilable differences of opinion in the dis- armament question are considez- ed by Litvinoff to make the solu- tion at the present conference im- possible. Russia's stand has al- ways been for total disarmament since peace without weapons is 3. It was most urgent to reach peace, and peace with weapons is an agreement on the traffic in only an armistice,
It is not en- arms and munitions and to take pugh to continue to discuss, for steps to protect any State which
the love of discussion, and pray was a victim of aggression.
heaven to send disarmament.
Since for the disarmament agreement all nations" are neces- security there is no unanimity re- sary but for the achievement of
Naval Tonnage Reduction. The United States delegate, Mr. Norman Davis, said that his Gov- ernment's policy would be directed
Mr. Norman Davis, United States Delegate at Geneva
BRITAIN
Purchase By Soviet
and lawless soldiers, any success attained by new methods in agri- culture would benefit only preda- tory elements which batten on the fruits of productive: industry.
.The desperate condition of China's peasantry is only reliev. London, May 30.
able by the effective system of in- Good news for the distressed' ancial supervision to limit the In- Scottish herting industry came at satiable rapacity of provincial offi- the close of the meeting of the cials.
Scottish herring curers and the The Chinese are beginning to Russian representatives in the recognise, this, but "so far seems House of Commons, yesterday even-to have escaped the attention of
the League's technical advisers.
ing.
The Soviet has agreed to pur-Reuter. chase 70,000 barrels of this season's catch" of Scottish herring at
£1.7.3d. per barrel
The curers. originally asked SILVER IN THE
21.10
per barrel and the Soviet offered £1.5s.--Reuter.
BATTLE WITH PIRATE
SHIPS
Shanghai, May 30.
A running gun battle took place yesterday outside Woosung Harbour between a number of pirate ships and patrol boats of the Klangsu Water Police.
The pirates were caught robbing a fishing boat. Three pirate ships were sunk-Reuter.
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FAR EAST
Study By French Commission
Paris, May 29.
A commission has been estab- lished by the French Minister of Colonies to study the repercussions and fluctuations of silver on the economie Mituation in the East, especially in Indo-China.
It is reported that the commis- alon rejects measures tending un-
mirai Togo carried out some of his early sea training in Britain and feel that they may be allowed to have some share with the Japanese. Navy in the undying memory of Admiral Togo's great achievementą. -Reuter.
WASHINGTON MESSAGE Togo's residence, praying for his
Washington, May 30. recovery and anxiously awaiting Mr. Cordell Hall, U.S. Secretary news, to-day they witnessed the of State in message to the arrival of countless visitors at the Japanese Foreign Minister express- residence expressing their coning the sincere condolences of the dolences.
American Government and people, Following this morning's Cabinet says that the Emperor has lost a devoted and loyal servant of the ceded to the Premier's request for | Japanese nation and one of its a State funeral which hitherto has most illustrious men, and the en- been accorded only to nine tire world an outstanding and subjects.
highly-esteemed personality-Reu- The funeral will take place on ter." June 5. Court mourning will be ob- served, while all government offices, and schools will be closed. Music and public entertainments are pru-
hibited.
SIR IAN HAMILTON'S TRIBUTE
London, May 30.
·General Sir fan Hamilton, inter- viewed by Reuter, said that as one who was in the Manchurian War fre of 1904-5 he knew the heads of the a salute, and two composite bat-Japanese forces intimately. talions of bluejackets will follow the cortege to Hiblys Park, where the public ceremony will be held
The battleship Hel
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will
NELSON'S TRAFALGAR
RECALLED
Tokyo, May 30. Admiral. Togo's famous signal at the Battle of Tsushima Straits,
"I can confidently say there is nobody whose character of a true old Japanese type was more highly I respected than Admiral Togo's," he
added Reuter.
ADMIRAL DREYER TO ATTEND FUNERAL
London, May 30. It is officially onnounced that comparable to Nelson's Trafalgar, Admiral Sir Frederick Dreyer, Com- "on this one battle rests the fate mander-in-Chief of the China of the Empire, all must strive to Station will proceed to Japan"on. the utmost" was recalled by the HMS. Suffolk to represent the presence at the death Bed of Vice- | British Government at the funeral Admiral Naganori Ogasawara, who of Admiral Togo.-Reuter, ordered the signal under Admiral BRITISH NAVAL ATTACHE Togo's instructions.
LEAVES FOR JAPAN
Nanking, May 30. Captain J. G. P. Vivian British Naval Attache in China and Japan, left this morning för Tokyo on" re ceiving the news of the death of Admiral Togo.
The Navy Minister Ósum! and Admiral Ryokitsu Arima, likewise old war comrades were the only others present at the death bed in addition to members of the family. and attendants-Renter.
BRITISH ADMIRALTY .”
SYMPATHIES
Captain Vivian who Has been spending most of his time in Tokyo, arrived in Nanking last Monday after a tour in North ... China and Shanghai Be called on Sumo and intended a longer stay. Mr. Chen Shao Kwan and Mr. H
but left earlier than expected as Japan's the result of the news from Tokyo.
-Reuter:
London, May 30, The First Lord of the Admiralty. the Hon, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell. Navy, has cabled the Minister of on behalf of the Admiralty and Marine at Tokyo offering "the deepest aympathy in "Irreparable loss.
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BLOODHOUNDS HELP INdg any form towards voluntary
ARREST
Sussex Downs Criminal Shoots Himself
London, May 30...
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In pital. He did not regain Jusness although a police- man waited at the bedside to take down any statement, he may make. HI had recently served a sen tence for house-breaking-Reuter,
EARLIER SKARCH
towards Disarmament in all bran-
quisite, a permanent security of ches, and not towards elther an
the conference should be set up arms truce or towards rearmament.
Ior the guaranteeing of peace. The In naval armaments, although
main tasks would be to define the
A two days' search for the man,, co America has felt it necessary to
term of attacker, to determine the
who shot at and seriously wounded build up to approximately treaty "limits, largely in replacement ships, sanctions obtainable in case of at- Constable Jex, of the Bussex Police, she was none the less willing to tack, supplementing the Kellogg at a lonely spot near Worthing on Monday, when trying 'to evade ar- join with other interested Powers Fact with regional agreements. in a substantial proportionate re-
The proposal concludes with sup- Test ended dramatically at duction in naval tonnage.
plementary pacts not implying o'clock this morning with blood- Mr. Davis sald that no nation military alliances nor moving to hounds taking up the scent from could wish to take the responsibil-wards the isolation of any parti- the window of a house which bad
nation, Buchs
teen broken into by the fugitive. ity for the failure of the Disarma cular
The trail of the bloodhounds led ment Conference, or to face the manent peace conference meet-
ing át consequences of such failure,.
the search party to the woods regular*** Intervals He thought it best to go back to would at last transform the peace down.
where they found the man lying the decision of July 8, 1933, when conference from an institution the British draft convention had which ends war to one which been accepted by, all nations, in- averts them Transocean Kuo Min. cluding Germany, as a basis of future convention.". «<\/
If Germany desired a Disarma- ment convention, which surely must be the case, he could not easily believe that she would not be willing to resume negotiations on the basis to which she bad pre- Mously agreed.
per-
M. Maxim Litvinoff, 'the Russian delegate, proposed the transforma" tion of the Conference into a "Con.. ference of Peace to work out and perfect security measures.
The Conference adburned until to-day-British Wireless.
As the police were about to seize him, a shot rang out and the man crumpled up. He was rush ed to Worthing Hospital and placed In the same ward as Constable Jex He is not expected to live Reuter..
ASSAILANT IDENTIFIED:
London, May: 30: Constable Jex's assailant, whose name is Leonard Rowland Hill died
of "the Indo-Chinese plastre and makes a number of suggestions with the object of im proving the economic situation in Indo-China.
The Minister of Colonies · has adopted the commission's "conclu- alons-Reuter,
U.S. AND CUBA RELATIONS
New Treaty
Washington, May 29, After the signing of the Cuban Treaty by the American Secretary of State, Mr. William Cordell Hull, London, May 29 and the Cuban Ambassador, the Aeroplanes zooming over undu. State Department issued a declara lating country. 50 motor cars, 500 tion that it would abrogate the civilians, many whom are armed, | Treaty of May 2, 1903, embracing and "Blackshirt" Fascists, are as the Platt Amendment, but added stating the police to scour the that the new treaty perpetuates all country in the hunt for the as- Acts effected in Cuba by the United.. sailant of the Sussex policeman. States during the military occupa the fugitive ralded two lonely ton of the island up to the estab cottages last night, asizing cash, ishment of the Cuban Republic, and also continues, in effect, the clothes and food.
stipulations of the agreement. Despite the fact that blood- under which the United States hounds have been put on the trail naval station is established and under the charge of huntamen maintained as Quantanamo. with full kit and horn, the fugl- tive has not yet been run to earth
Reuter
The new treaty will come into force with the exchange of ratifica tions of the two countries Reuter
The message says that the British Navy recall with pride that Ad-
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